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First-Ever Global Nutrition Report Launched
Report provides comprehensive narrative on levels of malnutrition across the world, includes 193 country profiles.
A consortium of nations, organizations, researchers, and academics has released the first-ever comprehensive narrative on global health and country-level progress toward reducing malnutrition across the globe.
Central America: the Challenge of Food Security, Human Development, and Economic Growth
Authors: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla and Maximo Torero
An abridged version of this article was originally published in the Spanish-language press in Guatemala.
Food Security Stocks and the Potential Collapse of the Bali Agreement (UPDATED 10/24/14)
Author: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla
Food security brings economic growth — not the other way around
Author: Maximo Torero (Division director of the Markets, Trade and Institutions Division at the International Food Policy Research Institute )
On World Food Day, it’s time to remind ourselves that economic growth is only sustainable if all countries have food security. Without a country-owned and country-driven food security strategy, there will be obstacles and additional costs to global-, regional- and country-level economic growth.
Disease control strategies to help prevent future rust outbreaks
Coffee rust, a fungus that attacks the leaves of coffee trees, can seriously impact both the quantity and the quality of coffee beans produced. In 2012, Central America was hit with the most severe coffee rust epidemic the region has ever seen. The outbreak has had devastating effects on regional coffee production, with harvest losses during the 2012-2013 season reaching 20%, or 2.8 million bags. These losses cost the region an estimated $500 million and 265,000 jobs.